BIB_ID
287495
Accession number
MA 3154.51
Creator
Collins, William, 1788-1847.
Display Date
[18]41 Aug. 10.
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Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.9 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 80 letters from William Collins to his wife Harriet Geddes Collins and 35 letters primarily to William Collins from various friends and acquaintances. Items in this collection are described in individual records (MA 3154.1-115).
Signed "yours only / W. Collins."
With seal and postmarks, and addressed to "Mrs Collins / (Mrs Chas Otter's) / Belle vue House / Southsea / Portsmouth."
Signed "yours only / W. Collins."
With seal and postmarks, and addressed to "Mrs Collins / (Mrs Chas Otter's) / Belle vue House / Southsea / Portsmouth."
Summary
Concerning the visit of his "dear love" to Portsmouth for health reasons, enclosing a note (not present) from Sir William Knighton, and mentioning a dinner with his son Wilkie, Landseer and John Peter Deering.
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